Avawren (prime)

Avawren Fiora Nalfein, is a female Nalfein elf currently residing in the fortress of Ta'Vaalor.

Avawren Fiora Nalfein Race Elf Culture Nalfein Class Empath Profession Healer, Spiritualist Religion Imaera (Intercession) Affiliation(s) Moonstone Abbey,The TownCrier, Ilyan Syndicate Disposition Outwardly warm Demeanor Reserved Primary Trait Discerning Greatest Strength Cunning, Observation, Pain tolerance (empath) Greatest Weakness Insatiable curiosity, pride, charming men Habits Worrying Hobbies Knitting, herbalism, exploring, people watching Soft Spots Winedotter gnomes, children Likes Research, reading, fashion, politics and history Dislikes Grimswarm, ignorance, hatred, ill manners Fears Losing herself to the masks Loyalties House Nalfein, The Elven Nations Spouse Ignais Malcisong Nalfein (deceased) Loved One Anarquendi Aldudil

Appearance

At the wedding of High Legionnaire Kakoon and Lady Qiana:

You see Lady Avawren Fiora Nalfein the Spiritweaver.
She appears to be an Elf.
She is tall.  She appears to be young and robust.  She has beautifully silvery black-outlined almond-shaped glacial blue eyes, glossy vermilion full lips, and soft, creamy white skin.  She has long, glossy platinum hair tucked into a loose chignon adorned with a spray of buttery golden linden flowers.  She has a well-defined, oblong face, a classical nose and a plump-lipped generous mouth.  The strikingly smooth transitions between her otherwise angular features lend a distinctly patrician quality to her aspect.

She is wearing a twisted vaalin geldarald dangling a tiny intensely glowing green glimaerstone flower, a draping kelyn green damask gown fluted with gilded flowers, a silk-backed jet lace fan, a gold-on-crimson brocade purse with a twist lock closure, and some ribbon-knotted sandals atop twisted rose gold heels.

Personal Crest

 Crest: Encompassed in a gold unified frame, a black rose set above a bronze wren volant upon a field of jade green, accented with a flourish of silver linden leaves; flanked to the left with triple vert ash twigs, flanked to the right with a sable hawk rising toward a sun in splendor.

History

Formation

Avawren Fiora Nalfein is the second daughter of the Fiora family of Ta'Nalfein. As the second daughter of a minor noble family she was afforded a significant amount of freedom as a child. Her mother took ill shortly after her birth so she grew up largely in Ta'Ardenai or outside of the city proper on the family's summer estate with her maternal grandmother, Verdrace, an empath of House of Ardenai. Her grandmother was a spiritualist and taught Avawren how to read the winds, how to speak to the lesser spirits; to ask boons of them and how to make offerings to keep them pleased and healthy.

The Nalfein are famously pragmatic. They do not often believe in fate or the intangible so as Avawren grew and was introduced to Nalfein society she watched as her grandmother was treated as an "oddity", a delightful bit of entertainment at autumn balls and summer picnics. Desiring to fit in and succeed, as any young woman of society does, Avawren grew distant from Verdrace and left her summers with the wild, natural things behind.

Armed with a quick wit, sound judgment and a knack for parsing people's needs, Avawren did well in the city. She found herself at a fairly young age in a good match with the favorite son of the well placed Malcisong family. It was a marriage of politics and business, but Avawren quickly grew to love Ignais Malcisong deeply and they lived happily for many decades.

In the summer of 5105, while traveling to the family's gem mines east of Ta'Nalfein, Ignais was betrayed by his guards and lead into a Grimswarm ambush. Avawren does not share the details of this event, but readily and openly accepts the responsibility for her husband's death. The Malcisongs let her take this blame, and she lived for thirteen years dutifully carrying their ire while studying to become an empath.

In early Olaesta 5118 she finally put away her mourning gowns and left for Ta'Illistim, seeking to burying herself in books at the Library Aies. She stopped for what was intended to be a brief tour of Ta'Vaalor, arriving just in time to see the Lake of Fear freeze solid. She remained in the Fortress, unexpectedly tumbled into adventuring. She felt called to help the Vaalor, citing a debt she owes, and vowed to stay until the unnatural winter was lifted. Though her efforts to save the sylvan child unwittingly responsible for lingering winter were for naught, she forged lasting friendships and rediscovered herself through the trials.

In late Koaratos, after events that challenged her allegiances to a breaking point and solidified her priorities, Avawren assisted in the Ritual that finally ended the winter. She remains now in Ta'Vaalor for her own reasons.

Favored Treasures

a wren-embossed cinereous suede pouch

Formed of ashen-colored suede, the pouch is lined with ivory silk patterned with a myriad of small birds flitting through a ructious display of lilac blossoms. A pair of wrens is wrought in lifelike detail around the pouch, one perched upon a linden branch and the other just taking flight. A stout ivory ribbon, from the center of which dangles a golden rose charm, functions as a drawstring.

A wedding gift from her sister-in-law, Gaelira.

a patinaed leather herb satchel

Parts of the chestnut colored leather of this satchel have been worn in to a soft golden sheen from many years of use. Structured corners and plush velveteen lining provide cushion for it's delicate contents, while a flap adorned with a faded painting of linden branches in full bloom keep them secure.

Her grandmother's herb satchel, gifted upon her departure for Ta'Illistim

a leather-bound obsidian wool cloak

Encircling this cloak from shoulder to shoulder, then dipping down to form a 'V' at the back, is a band of smooth-grained leather. The texture is the only true outlier, as the color of the leather has been expertly dyed to perfectly match the wool that comprises the rest of the cloak. A lining of ebon silk patterned with faintly contrasting roses adds a touch of elegance to the otherwise utilitarian garment.

a set of sleek side-buckled ebony leathers with a faint verdant sheen

Sleek and impeccably tailored, the supple black leathers bear a faint but definite verdant sheen glimpsed only at certain angles. The chestpiece falls just short of austerity in the simplicity of its cut, its angled front flap secured at the right shoulder by a stylized wren of near-black green kelyn and along the left side by a series of deep green straps and small buckles. Similar arrangements of straps punctuate the armor along the forearms, hips, and thighs to ensure a snug fit.

Other Information

A Twilight Grey Journal - A collection of in-character journal entries and short stories. (Almost entirely OOC knowledge)